# What would you like on your tombstone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062 "2003-04-02T22:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/61 "2003-04-04T03:49:47Z")
“smell you later” ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/62 "2003-04-04T04:02:12Z")
\ -AmbushBug [sub]stolen from some photoshop contest, i think[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![countzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@countzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/countzero)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/63 "2003-04-04T05:35:27Z")
Well, this seems like as good a subject as any to make my first post on. I’ve been watching this thread, and I can’t believe no one has picked this yet (I’ve seen this somewhere, can’t remember where. If anyone can identify this…) Here lies countzero… (then, in much smaller font) You’re standing on my chest. cz ---
**Author:** ![Enki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Enki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enki)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/64 "2003-04-04T06:43:28Z")
You do realize that your name should be changed to countone now, yes? 😃 Re: the OP “Molecules come, and molecules go, I may look dead, but I’m still up an atom.” ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/65 "2003-04-04T07:57:04Z")
“I’ve got this covered. You go live.” or possibly “Stop crying. I much prefer to look up the skirts of cheerful people.” ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/66 "2003-04-04T18:02:59Z")
My earlier link appears to be fixed- but in case you couldn’t see it: JOHN: FREE YOUR BODY AND SOUL UNFOLD YOUR POWERFUL WINGS CLIMB UP THE THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS KICK YOUR FEET UP IN THE AIR YOU MAY NOW LIVE FOREVER OR RETURN TO THIS EARTH UNLESS YOU FEEL GOOD WHERE YOU ARE MISSED BY YOUR FRIENDS ---
**Author:** ![knarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@knarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knarf)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/67 "2003-04-04T19:53:09Z")
Back in 5… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/68 "2003-04-04T22:22:00Z")
**Cite!** ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/69 "2003-04-04T22:38:02Z")
The worst one I’ve seen was in West Point, Georgia. Old - long poem, but it ended with the phrase, “She stumbled on the path and the angels took her home.” I swear to Og - anyone do that to me, and I’ll get special permission to come back and kick your butt! I once saw a great tombstone in a large cemetary in Huntsville Alabama. The front had all the particulars (Names, pertinant dates) but the back? 🙂 Gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/70 "2003-04-05T03:04:25Z")
I went to a 21 car pile-up, and all I got was this lousy tombstone. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/71 "2003-04-05T12:01:08Z")
if you can read this, you’re standing on my tits. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/72 "2003-04-05T14:37:05Z")
My dead body lies under this stone This spot’s taken - go find your own ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/73 "2003-04-05T14:44:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\*Cheese and pepperoni? \*\* I wanted to say that. D’oh! :smack: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*“Finally I can stop thinking all the time” > > (“I told you I was sick” was Spike Milligan’s tombstone) \*\* More recently, I think, I heard Daniel Johns (of Silverchair) say that. Heh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/74 "2003-04-05T15:00:12Z")
I’ll be back or I’ll save you a seat or I finally have all the time in the world, and I can’t get to the library! or, on a plain, rectangular stone, in block letters WELCOME ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/75 "2003-04-05T15:08:30Z")
**BANNED!** ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/76 "2003-04-06T02:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AmbushBug \* > **\** Here’s a picture of it: [http://fathom.org/jjtm/dungeon/Closelife.html](http://fathom.org/jjtm/dungeon/Closelife.html) ---
**Author:** ![AvidReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AvidReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvidReader)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/77 "2003-04-06T03:35:43Z")
Set the timer. Flip me in seven years. ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/78 "2003-04-06T03:46:46Z")
“Avenge my death…” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/79 "2003-04-06T03:52:40Z")
**Ctrl-Alt-Del** [sub]It means more if you can remember DOS machines.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062/80 "2003-04-06T04:10:46Z")
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